A commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda : rhetoric in practice / / by Paula J. Rose.
In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the...
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| Superior document: | Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; v. 20 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology
20. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (644 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter / Paula J. Rose
- Epistolary Friendship / Paula J. Rose
- Death, Burial and the Hereafter in Augustine’s Works / Paula J. Rose
- The Structure of De cura pro mortuis gerenda / Paula J. Rose
- What Is the Usefulness of Burial ad sanctos? / Paula J. Rose
- Worst-Case Scenario: No Burial at All / Paula J. Rose
- Burial ad sanctos: Interaction between Place and Prayer / Paula J. Rose
- Attachment to the Body versus Care for the Soul / Paula J. Rose
- What about a Request for Burial in a Dream? / Paula J. Rose
- Augustinus Narrator: Dreaming of the Deceased / Paula J. Rose
- Present Angels, Absent Deceased / Paula J. Rose
- Asking an Expert: John of Lycopolis / Paula J. Rose
- Burial ad sanctos: An Incentive for Recommending the Deceased / Paula J. Rose
- Bibliography / Paula J. Rose
- Indexes / Paula J. Rose.